The David O. Dodd Chapter No. 212, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Pine Bluff, was joined by the David Allen Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Campbellsville, Ky., in the memorial dedication of a UDC Iron Cross for Marquis de LaFayette Sanders. The ceremony took place at Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Ky., at 2 p.m. June 4.

Opening prayer was by Dorothy Householder Wilks, chaplain of the David O. Dodd UDC Chapter.

Debbie Gilbin, treasurer of the David Allen Chapter NSDAR, gave the welcome.

Dedication and remembrance followed by Jean Sanders Pollard, vice president of the David O. Dodd UDC Chapter. Pollard also explained that she is an honorary state regent, NSDAR, of Arkansas. She was a charter member of the David Allen Chapter, NSDAR, in Campbellsville. Her great aunt, Nell Sanders Barbee, was the organizing of the David Allen Chapter in 1963.

LaFayette Sanders was born in Campbellsville in 1841, and during the Civil War he served as a scout for Gen. John Hunt Morgan. LaFayette was shot in the forehead during a skirmish at Muldrough’s Hill around Christmastime 1862-63. This wound bothered him throughout his life but he went on to graduate from college, studied to be a lawyer but was more interested in agriculture and livestock.

LaFayette’s parents were James and Mary Ann Griffin Sanders of Clay Hill, just north of Campbellsville, so he was very familiar with the area he was to serve as a scout.

“This iron cross is on of 15 to be placed at graves of Confederates by the David O. Dodd Chapter’s active members. This is the only one to be placed in Kentucky,” Pollard said.

LaFayette was Pollard’s great-grandfather. He had married Ann Mary Patteson, and they had 11 children. Harry Griffin Sanders, MD, was one of his children, and the parent of Pollard’s father, Charles Fleece Sanders.

Charles owned a hardward store in Campbellsville in the early 1920s, and Pollard’s mother, Adah Steele Sanders, taught music in the public schools. They moved to Arkansas in 1925.

In closing, Pollard thanked Betty Gorin and Terry Dabney for their assistance with this project, Debbie Gilbin for her participation and members of the David Allen Chapter, NSDAR, especially Gwynette Sullivan for taking photos of the ceremony.

Wilks gave the closing prayer, representing the UDC and the Arkansas post Chapter, NSDAR. This was a part of the commemorative events, recognizing the anniversary of the Civil War.

LaFayette Sander’ great-grandfather, Thomas Sanders, had Sanders Tavern, and a sign north of Campbellsville marks the spot where the inn stood in 1797. Later, it was owned by Thomas’ son, Henry Jr. It was a stagecoach stop.

LaFayette and his wife bought the Cowherd home, “Beechwood,” in 1878 and raised their family there. A model of it is housed in the Hiestand House Museum. Pollard and Wilks visited the Jacob Heistand House 1823 located in Campbellsville before they left for their homes in Stuttgart.

Page 2 of 2 - Another historic home connected to Pollard is the Atkinson-Griffin House. Sherrod Griffin was Pollard’s great-great-great grandfather. Sherrod willed to one of his four children, Virginia, in 1845, the 158 acres on Green River where the house was located. Pollard’s line is through his daughter, Mary.

Pollard’s and Wilks’ route from Campbellsville took them through Greensburg, where Pollard had a genealogy history. She visited the Green County Historical Courthouse where James Joseph Allen, Pollard’s great-great-great grandfather served as clerk.